Christianity came way later as most religions. The newest religion is the Islam. I wonder why people, whole countries with a complete different culture, decide to change their religion. What is or was wrong with their own religion?
Is it easier to believe and satisfy just one God instead of more?
Not only the Romans and Greek had more as just 1 Goddess or God, the Celts, Vikings had so too. The Germanic faith was not different.
There was a time you were killed if you refused to join the "forced-upon-the-troath-club".
If you dare to question it, if you used your brains or simply did not want to believe in the new invented God of some empire they did not asked for.
The empire wanted to be a God, honoured as a God himself. With so many Gods and Godesses there was less room for him.
So it was a great idea to have just 1 God (of course the God had to be male) and use some already existing celebration days and other ideas into the new religion.
After years and years of fighting "holy" wars - molesting, boiling people, burning them alive, stealing their property - the Catholic church was a fact.
And so is the richdom of that church and its leaders. Living in poverty is just for the common people, the stupid idiots who truly believe they will be rewarded after their death.
But... if that is the case how come the church leaders live like a king? Does this mean they will burn in hell after they died?
Not every human being believes without questioning...
Many people were unsatisfied with the lifestyle of that only church a long time ago, but many are still today.
So new religions araised, secretely and yes... also the old religions were and are still there.
Clear is that every religion claims to have its own God, some countries/cultures even believe God is only theirs.
If God saves...
If it is true he does, why should the rest of us believe in him at all? Why should we pray? Hope for a heaven that will never be ours?
What makes you believe you will make it up there if you do not belong to the "chosen people"?
Satan does not exist!
Satan is an invention of the church. Everything the church(leaders) call forbidden (mainly what puts them in danger) is from the devil.
There are religions who do not believe in Satan, therefore are not threatening with hell.
Yes there is bad, a lot of bad and these bad things are all done by humans. Humans who have brains and know the difference between good and bad very well.
Still the human being is the only animal killing for no reason, the real beast.
How come you have a lack of faith?
For years I lived inbetween very religious people. You certainly heard about them... no TV, no radio, women not allowed to vote, wearing trousers. Raping women and children is normal in this society. Incest is, molesting is... just like the hypocrisy.
We all go to hell, especially the women. No matter what... it is always the woman or the girl her fault or... it is God his will.
A father called his son... told him to cross the trafficking road.
The boy did because the father told him to do so. The 3 year old kid was hit by a car. The leftovers of the child had to be scratched of the road. The father his only respons was: " It is God his will."
I cannot count the times I heard people say this: " It is God's will!"
Is it that easy? You join the club and everything you do or that happens is God's will? You can kill, rape, steal because it is God's will and you are still a good Christian, go to heaven? You can do all these things plus scold and point at people who do not believe in a God, this God?
Is a new religion really better as the ones 2500 years or longer ago?
I learned today that being not religious is a crime in some countries. A crime nearly as big as being a murderer. If that is true is says a lot about the people and their lack of common sense.